Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Why Choose Us

Our pediatric ED is the only one in Augusta’s River Region staffed by board-certified, fellowship-trained pediatric emergency medicine physicians. That means that our physicians have received an extra 3 years of training for:

• Trauma stabilization and care
• Airway management in infants and children for things like sudden asthma attacks or choking.
• Cardiac issues, we can recognize strange arrhythmia or heart problems after surgery.
• Laceration and wound care
• Sedation, for children who need pain management for an injury.
• Poisoning, we are trained to recognize and manage poisoning in children
• Non-accidental injuries, we are trained to recognize and managing children suffering from non-accidental injury
• Shock, we can stabilize patients in shock from severe infection, dehydration or bleeding
• Fractured bones and dislocation stabilization and care.
• Neurologic emergencies such as intractable seizures, head injuries and mental status changes.
• Disaster management

Direct referrals to pediatric sub-specialist 

Children’s Hospital of Georgia provides a full-range of care unlike any other hospital in the region. We work closely and collaboratively with all pediatric sub-specialists in our hospital. This direct access gets your child in front of a doctor who is trained to provide them with the best care available for their presenting problem.

Pediatric sub-specialty services include:

• Surgery
• Gastroenterology
• Cardiology
• Endocrinology
• Pulmonology
• Cancer and Blood Disorders
• Allergy
• Critical Care Intensivists
• Hospitalists
• Infectious Disease
• Rheumatology
• Nephrology

Level II Pediatric Trauma Center

We are an American College of Surgeons verified Level II Pediatric Trauma Center, which can only be earned by a facility that shows it can provide all the resources necessary to deliver quality care to trauma patients.  This includes transport and care of patients, their treatment in the hospital’s emergency room, and rehabilitation aftercare.

Care is provided 24 hours a day/7days a week. The Pediatric Emergency Department has facilities that include:

• A 16-bed unit
• 2 resuscitation bays
• 2 bed orthopedic and procedure room
• 4 rooms that convert into negative pressure rooms for emerging infectious diseases
• State-of-the-art equipment including advanced airway and ultrasound capabilities

PICU

If needed, your child can quickly be moved to our Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) for further treatment. Our high-level intensive care unit provides additional care if it is determined that your child is seriously injured or ill enough, to be admitted to the hospital.

Patient-and family-centered care

We provide care for our patients in a child-centric environment. As leaders in Patient-and Family-Centered Care, our staff will discuss with you and your family everything that is happening to your child. Our doctors and nurses go over the care your child is receiving and the options for treatment and rehabilitation. The ED is also staffed with child life specialists to explain to your child what's happening while they are with us.